Weaver Mercantile Co. v. Thurmond
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court; Eayette County. Action by the Weaver Mercantile Company against W. D. Thurmond. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, President :
Action of trespass in circuit court of Eayette county for injury to personal property, judgment for plaintiff for $650, and defendant brings error.
Defendant was the owner of an hotel situate at the base of a hill in the town of Thurmond, Payette county, it was supplied with water by means of a large wooden tank erected on the side of the hill some distance above the hotel. The plaintiff company did a mercantile business and occupied, as a store room, a building under lease from J. W. Mankin, situate below the water tank. The tank burst and the water flowed down the hill…
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